Tim Farron declares himself pro-choice

​Mr Farron seems to have caved in to pressure to repudiate his pro-life position.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has said for the first time that he is "pro-choice" after the Guardian confronted him with an old interview where he described abortion as "wrong".

Speaking about his faith soon after he had become the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale in Cumbria, Mr Farron told the Salvation Army's magazine: "Take the issue of abortion. Personally I wish I could argue it away. Abortion is wrong. Society has to climb down from the position that says there is nothing objectionable about abortion before a certain time. If abortion is wrong, it is wrong at any time."

U-turn

However, when contacted by the Guardian on Tuesday, Mr Farron issued a categorical response. "I am pro-choice. I believe that abortion should be safe and legal and that the limit should be set by science," he said.

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ANN FARMER

17 May 2017, 6:46pm

How ironic that the political parties most attached to 'a woman's right to choose' (aka abortion without limits) tend to be the same ones who say that they will lower the voting age - as the LibDems have pledged. The right to vote but not the right to be born.

Rhobet Williams

20 May 2017, 12:25pm

I'll be abstaining and will spoil my ballot paper - there are no pro- life candidates where I live. Mr Farron cannot seriously be taken seriously about his 'religious' views, Teresa May is a sadistic fox killer who gloats over animal suffering and Jeremy Corbin condone killing unborn babies at all stages of their development in the womb. These politicians make up a fine rag bag of demons.

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